Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Sneaky McSneakerson: (Kale) Smoothie

On Saturday the smalls were given some chocolate by a well-meaning friend. We're by no means perfect and pure, but I have been trying to remove refined sugars, colours and so on from our pantry - not in a nutty way - just in a 'we don't need this crap in our diet' way - and replace it with more and more wholefood.

All afternoon the kids had been in a slow decline, naturally becoming tireder towards the end of the day. (Halleluljah!)

And then they ate the chocolate.

Literally within minutes Tiny was bouncing off the walls. She was back on. I felt so defeated. Deflated. Meanwhile, she was a helium balloon. Up, up and away.

Fast-forward to this afternoon when I thought, I am going to gazump those little kittehs, whip up a knock-out Vitamix smoothie that they love to love.

I chucked in the following for a delicious smoothie that the Doctor rated as the highlight of his day (high-five!). Just wait 'til you see what I snuck in there:

Blitz. Serve to two small children - and they will never know the kale is in there. Scout's honour.

I was so stoked to find kale at my fruit and veg today. The lady at the shop I think was a little bewildered by my excitement - I've been trawling all the local shops looking for it. It's in season now folks, and is super duper good for you. Get into it!

Ha ha this is great to sneak in kale like you did, Lexi! I did such smoothie with chocolate and a teaspoon of peanut butter instead of apples. Chocolate and berries go well together and hide kale very nicely.

What a great idea! I should try that. Love the idea of more whole foods too - it's so easy to get lazy and hard not to give in to the whinge for processed foods. I guess the idea is just not to have them in the house at all. Have you seen these recipes?

I adore Kale so good for you and amazing what you can do with it. Try it stir fried with tons of garlic, some chilli and ginger you will love it. I also hide it in juices, will definitely try thus one thanks!

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Hello! My name is Lexi. PR Manager by day. Blogger by night. I write about all sorts of things I love. Life, beauty, fashion, whatever appeals to me - I'm an avid supporter of Australian retailers and brands. I am the mama of two smalls, we live in Sydney. I work and juggle parenting and home-life with tweeting, blogging, instagramming and pinning. I love vintage things, fresh bed linen, curling up with a good book, robot dancing and baking. Email me on lexipmm (at) gmail (dot) com